The prime minister also made a sweeping call for “swadeshi” (Made in India) — self-reliance and innovation in a gamut of sectors, including semiconductors, social media, fertiliser and pharma.”Those who are swadeshi only by speech should become swadeshi from mind as well,” Yadav said, while raising issues like US tariffs and GST.”The BJP people should not be speaking lies on August 15 (Independence Day), a day which is celebrated with joy. No politics should be done during this,” the SP chief said.”Our borders should be secured, our Army should be strong, and schemes like Agniveer should be stopped. And, we also see those people, who appear to be ‘swadeshi’ from speech, but are ‘videshi’ (foreigners) from the mind (‘aur hum unn logo ko bhi dekhte hai jo mooh se to swadeshi hai, lekin mann se videshi hai’),” he said”If someone is a foreigner in mind, then how will our business increase? Today, a country like the US is posing a problem for our industrialists by imposing tariffs,” Yadav said.He said a district like Bhadohi used to do trade worth thousands of crores of rupees but now its business has shrunk significantly.”And, there is China — our neighbour, which occupies our land from time to time, has captured our entire market. Today, we have the highest trade deficit with China. Hence, those who are swadeshi only by speech should become swadeshi from mind as well,” Yadav said.
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